original series, Blomkvist again appears as one of the main protagonists. In the novel, Millenniums parent company, Serner Group, is trying to push Blomkvist out as editor. Desperate for a story, Blomkvist agrees to interview scientist Frans Balder about the theft of his quantum computer technology by hackers. When Balder is murdered, Blomkvist learns that he had hired Salander to hack his company, Solifon, to find out the thieves' identities. She had found out that a criminal organization called "The Spider Society" stole the data with help from Solifon employees and a mole in the National Security Agency. Salander enlists his help in protecting Balder's autistic son, August, from assassins working for the Spider Society, who had also murdered Balder. Blomkvist meets Salander's sister, Camilla, and learns from Salander's former guardian, Holger Palmgren, that she is the leader of the Spider Society. When Camilla kills one of his reporters, Andrei Zander, Blomkvist—using information supplied by Salander—writes an article exposing Camilla's complicity with Solifon and the NSA in Balder's murder. The article nets Millennium enough money to buy out Serner, and re-establishes Blomkvist as one of Sweden's most respected journalists. The night the article is published, Blomkvist and Salander meet at his apartment. Relationships Blomkvist is divorced with one daughter – Pernilla – and throughout the trilogy has several lovers, including a brief affair with Lisbeth Salander. However, his primary partner throughout his adult life is Erika Berger, also his business partner. They enjoy an on-off sexual relationship which began years earlier before each were married. Berger is still married and her husband knows about and accepts their open relationship. Towards the end of the first novel, Salander, after realising that she has fallen in love with him, and believing it to be one-sided, abruptly cuts off all contact with him. Blomkvist also has sexual relationships with three other characters in the series: Cecilia Vanger, Harriet Vanger and Monica Figuerola. In film In the 2009 Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its two sequels, Blomkvist is played by Michael Nyqvist. In the 2011 English adaptation, Blomkvist is played by Daniel Craig. In The Girl in the Spider's Web, he is portrayed by Sverrir Gudnason. References Characters in novels of the 21st century Thriller film characters Literary characters introduced in 2005 Fictional magazine editors Fictional reporters Fictional Swedish people Millennium (novel series) Male characters in literature Male characters